If the nations whose territory is now held by ISIL, Iraq and Syria, can’t muscle up enough military might to defeat the extremists, whom were told number about 30,000 fighters, then they are indeed in trouble. Whatever happened to the mighty Iraqi army of 400,000 or so that we fought in the last Gulf war? Where are the Iraqi Shiite militias who are so full of fight? Syria has its hands full of rebels but appears to be waiting for us to get rid of the extremists for them. Turkey, who’s border is also adjacent to ISIL occupied territory, is finding all kinds of reasons to not get involved.
We need to stay out of the fight until the nations directly affected find the will to rid themselves of the terrorists. This is another war that may go on and on for many years. We can supply whatever arms are necessary but not one more drop of American blood should be lost until those nations decide that they must do the fighting and dying, including air strikes, instead of waiting for us to do it.
Don Curtis
Clinton
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